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Apr 2022
49m 40s

Fats and oils: What’s the real story?

Zoë
About this episode
Today we’re talking about fat, a delicious component of our food with a terrible reputation.   Fats have been broadly associated with weight gain and heart disease until recently. A mountain of new scientific evidence suggests this is wrong and that it's not as simple as ‘all fat is bad’. Indeed, eating more healthy fat might actually reduce heart disease fo ... Show More
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